Romans 11:18
boast not against the branches; but if thou boast, [it is] not *thou* bearest the root, but the root thee.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
In Context
19Thou wilt say then, The branches have been broken out in order that *I* might be grafted in.
Cross References
1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on boast himself as he that putteth off!
Zechariah 8:20Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;
Luke 18:9And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest [of men], this parable:
John 10:16And I have other sheep which are not of this fold: those also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
Romans 4:16Therefore [it is] on the principle of faith, that [it might be] according to grace, in order to the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that only which [is] of the law, but to that also which [is] of Abraham's faith, who is father of us all,
1 Corinthians 10:12So that let him that thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
Matthew Henry on Romans 11:2-33
The State of the Jews; The State of the Gentiles; The Gentiles Warned; The Future Conversion of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my… Read the whole commentary →